Elizabeth Kelly

This past Sunday was Elizabeth Kelly Langa's birthday. We had a nice conversation Sunday night. She still has a few music students and lives alone in Memphis.

Mrs. Ollie Pruitt

Mrs. Ollie did not teach my class, but she was a close friend of my grandmother's and visited with us several times a week. Her granddaughter married Jack Carlisle, who had a very successful coaching career in football despite having lost a leg. In 2004 Coach Carlisle was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, and we exchanged several e-mails.

When I was in college, Jack coached at Nettleton. One of my best friends was from Calhoun City, and both Calhoun City and Nettleton were undefeated and playing for what I think was the Tombigbee Conference championship; someone with a better memory help me out. Anyway, I had bragged to my friend about what a great coach Jack was. I saw him the morning after the game. "I thought you said he was a great coach," he commented. "He is," I replied. "Well, they only ran three plays: a 20-yard play, a 30-yard play, and a touchdown play." Nettleton beat an undefeated Calhoun City team by a score of something like 59-0.

Dr. David Grant

I began teaching at Hinds Community College in the fall of 1975 and occasionally referred to Plantersville; to my surprise, some of my students knew of Plantersville as they were members of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Jackson whose pastor was Dr. David Grant and who apparently mentioned Plantersville almost every Sunday.

Doris

After my grandmother died, Doris worked for Mary Hunter in Tupelo. While she was working there, someone drew this sketch of her.

Fun in the Sun

We just returned from eight days in the sun and sand of Orange Beach.

Vacation

I had breakfast in Jackson yesterday with Steve Holland who has lots of old pictures of Plantersville and Plantersville folks which I hope he will share with this site. We will be on vacation all next week, and I won't have access to the internet, but check back in a week.

Miss Dixie

Miss Dixie, that's what my class called her even though she had been married, taught most of us in the first grade. She died in May of 1975 just a month before we moved to Clinton. I learned at the funeral home that Mr. Joe and Mrs. Ruth as well as Joe Jr. and his family had recently moved to Clinton also. As a young couple raising a family and working, Carole and I didn't spent as much time with the Deatons as we would have liked, but it was nice having them close by. Miss Dixie and her sons roomed with my grandmother and grandfather after Mr. Deaton's death, and were like a part of the family. I still have a bracelet made from a shell that Mr. Joe send me during WWII.

Cecil's House

I do not know who lives in this house or who owns it, but for me it will always be Cecil's house.

Note: Steve Holland informed me that a member of the Rooker family lives in Cecil's house. Betty Rooker graduated with me from Tupelo High and earned a Ph.D. in English, and her sister, Joyce, was a classmate of Carole's. The Rooker family later moved to Plantersville and lived near Jiggs Monts.

Tennis Court But a Memory

A shot of where the tennis court and park once were.

Changed View

From my bedroom window, I could see the post office, Earl Kelly's house and the Baptist church. This is what I would see today from about the same position.

Post Office No More

This picture was taken from the drive of what used to be Roy Partlow's store. The old post office long ago moved. I think it was used as a beauty shop after it was no longer the post office.

Price/Coggin House

The Price/Coggin house still stands next to our house which does not. Date taken August 1, 2006

Plantersville/Tupelo

Carole and I made a quick one day trip to Tupelo/Plantersville yesterday. We took several pictures which I am posting.